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🥹 I didn't realise my little fic would mean so much <3 I often get inspiration from tumblr posts, but it's rare that I actually gt the motiviation to finish it, and part of what gave me that was halfway through writing it, when I was scrolling through your blog and realised you were fairly new here. I'm looking forward to any fics you may post in the future! And I'm up for betaing if you ever want it :)
My relationship with fan fiction is complicated. I'm relatively old (compared to most of you!) and so for the first half of my life fan fiction only existed in written form passed among those in the know. I was definitely not in the know!
Once it hit the internet I discovered it and slowly started devouring it. But I felt it was a dirty little secret. I mean what would people think if they knew I read fan fiction? Some of which is basically just porn?
But slowly I've learned - plenty of people would just be meh if they new and if not - then that's their problem. Nothing wrong with me enjoying what I enjoy and what many others enjoy too.
Even so I remained hesitant to interact and truly involved beyond just reading. I stayed an anon on AO3 for a long time and never commented, even when I loved a fic.
There were copious reasons mostly mixed up in my anxieties and fears. What if it's taken the wrong way? What if I'm having a bad day and many people disagree and pile on? Why would anyone even remotely care about what I think of their work?
A few years ago I commented a couple of times and nothing bad happened.
I got a bit braver and at some point I made an AO3 account and then made a new Tumblr with the same handle.
I struggled posting to Tumblr as well since I couldn't quite free myself from the hold my anxiety had on me.
But at some point I started leaving kudos and giving the odd comment. I also started reblogging things on here.
Then I boldly started adding to my reblog. A couple of times I very boldly state things I feel that I know are controversial ideas to some. I can’t tell you how hard that was.
Instead of some sort of mental health decline I’m finding that being more involved in fandom has been incredibly positive.
So many cool things have happened. I've had discussions about fics and characters. I have had beautiful replies from writers.
But most importantly I feel I am becoming a part of a community and finding my people. Nobody in my real life reads fan fics or have favourite ships so feeling at home here and on AO3 is such a beautiful feeling.
Now I know there is some real toxic corners of fandom out there. There are people who leave terrible comments and feel somehow entitled to do this (if I don't like a fic I will never leave a comment. Ever. I will stop reading and click away - it's that simple!) and there are people who will attack others for having a different opinion.
I am lucky in that so far all my interactions have been positive. I daresay that if I had experienced something negative as I was slowly moving my way forward into participation it may have halted my progress.
But now I think I know enough to be able to deal if it ever happens to me.
So I'm posting more here. I've also set myself a goal to comment at least once (no matter how small - though lets face it - brevity is not my strong suit!) on fics I enjoy.
I also have a goal to write a fic and post it before the end of the year. That's gonna take a lot of work convincing myself that yes some people might like to read it and if not then I can write it for the one person who wants it - me!
Huge shout out to @hesitantsorrows who actually wrote a fic based on an idea I had for a Stucky fic. In my wildest dreams I never expected someone to do something like that. It still makes me smile every time I think about it. It’s a fab fic too!
#this is such a sweet post and I completly agree with how the pipeline from reading to kudoing to commenting to making origional posts#and also the bits about admitting irl about being in fandom#somthing which none of my irl friends know about#and I don't think they ever will
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why you should watch dead boy detectives on netflix
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A tiger bursting to freedom after being rescued from a poacher’s snare in the Russian Far East.
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lmfao.
I KNOWWWWW.... like. who are you talking abt babe ❤️
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While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a slapping,
As of some one gently flapping, flapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some fairy,” I muttered, “slapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
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People talk about the surprise albums from people like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé that drop with zero warning but I have just been existing in this world where every album I've ever heard in my life has been a surprise album because I didn't know that musicians had schedules that we could see
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man literally walks in right angles
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MONTY FUCK OFF STOP GETTING YOUR FUCKING FEATHERS IN BETWEEN CHARLES AND EDWIN
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James Buchanan Barnes: confused since the 1940s
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edit: THIS POST BREACHED THE CONTAINMENT OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE, "28-YEAR-OLDS WHO SAW THEIR FIRST ANIMES IN PIECES ON YOUTUBE DURING THEIR TEENAGE YEARS." PEOPLE WHO WATCHED SAILOR MOON WHILE SIPPING APPLEY JUICE IN PRESCHOOL I'M SORRY I GUESS THIS ONE ISN'T FOR YOU
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